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Joyce, James The mime of Mick Nick and the Maggies. A fragment from work in progress. The Hague: The Service Press, 1934. Fi

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Lot 284

Joyce, James The mime of Mick Nick and the Maggies. A fragment from work in progress. The Hague: The Service Press, 1934. First edition, 8vo, number 62 of 1000 copies on Old Antique Dutch paper, initial letter, tailpiece and cover designed by author's daughter Lucia Joyce, title in red and black, original stiff cream-white covers printed in blue, original cellophane protective wrapper, brown Gotham Book Mart slipcase (see below), covers and endpapers slightly foxed, slipcase chipped missing piece from spine Note: Slocum & Cahoon 43. This copy was issued under the first of the four imprints described by Slocum & Cahoon, although the slipcase conforms to the Gotham Book Mart (New York) issue, in plain rough brown cardboard.

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Joyce, James Ulysses. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1937. First English trade edition, 4to, original green cloth lette

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Lot 285

Joyce, James Ulysses. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1937. First English trade edition, 4to, original green cloth lettered in gilt, dustwrapper, some minimal soiling to binding, dustwrapper slightly frayed at extremities Note: Slocum and Cahoon p.35.

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Kazantzakis, Nikos BioV kai politeia tou Alexh Zormpa. Athens: Demetrakou, [1946]. First edition, signed by the author on th

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Lot 286

Kazantzakis, Nikos BioV kai politeia tou Alexh Zormpa. Athens: Demetrakou, [1946]. First edition, signed by the author on the verso of the title-page, 8vo, original pictorial wrapper, in collector's morocco-backed folding box, upper joint slightly torn at head and foot, extremities a little rubbed Note: First edition of Alexis Zorba, more commonly known as Zorba the Greek. It was made into a film in 1964 starring Anthony Quinn in the title role.

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Kingsley, Charles The heroes; Or, Greek fairy tales for my children. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1856. First edition, 8vo,

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Lot 287

Kingsley, Charles The heroes; Or, Greek fairy tales for my children. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1856. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy from Algernon Swinburne to his sister Charlotte, 8 plates by the author, original cloth decorated in black with central helmet vignette and Greek borders, one plate frayed and repaired, some foxing at beginning, binding rebacked preserving original spine; [Ibid.] The water-babies: A fairy tale for a land- baby. London, 1863. First edition in book form, 4to, lithographed frontispiece and plate by J. Noel Paton, decorative initials, original decorative cloth gilt, top edge gilt, binding with slight soiling and wear to foot of spine, upper joint (2) .

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Lawrence, T.E. Revolt in the desert. London, 1927. First edition, 8vo, plates, original buckram, dust-jacket; [Ibid.] The mi

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Lot 288

Lawrence, T.E. Revolt in the desert. London, 1927. First edition, 8vo, plates, original buckram, dust-jacket; [Ibid.] The mint. London, 1955. 4to, original cloth, dust-jacket, dust-jacket a trifle dust-soiled; Wilson, A.T. The Persian Gulf. Oxford, 1928. First edition, 8vo, folding map in pocket, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, dust-jacket soiled and repaired with some loss at foot of spine; Thesiger, W. Arabian sands. London, 1959. First edition, 8vo, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, price clipped, lightly soiled (4).

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Le Carre, John [Cornwell, David John Moore] The spy who came in from the cold. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. First edit

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Lot 289

Le Carre, John [Cornwell, David John Moore] The spy who came in from the cold. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. First edition, signed by the author on title-page, 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine, dust-jacket, collector's red cloth box, binding sightly faded and bumped at extremities, slightly soiled dust-jacket with minor tears and occasional minor chips .

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Lee, Laurie Cider with Rosie. London: The Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, dustwrapper, chippe

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Lot 290

Lee, Laurie Cider with Rosie. London: The Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, dustwrapper, chipped along upper edge; Bradbury, Ray The Golden Apples of the Sun. London: Rupert Hart- Davis, 1953. First edition, second impression, 8vo, original blue cloth, yellow and blue dustwrapper, water stain at foot and along lower edge of upper board, section of worm damage [loss to cloth], wrapper rubbed and chipped with worm damage at foot (approx 15mm by 8mm loss), water stain at foot continues through interior (2) .

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Lewis, C.S.The silver chair. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1953. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket frayed and chipped with some losse

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Lot 291

Lewis, C.S.The silver chair. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1953. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket frayed and chipped with some losses, with owner's name on front flap and at head of front endpaper map .

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Macdonald, Philip. The link, [1930], dust-jacket; [Ibid.]The noose. 1930, facsimile dust-jacket; [Ibid.] The crime conductor

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Lot 296

Macdonald, Philip. The link, [1930], dust-jacket; [Ibid.]The noose. 1930, facsimile dust-jacket; [Ibid.] The crime conductor. 1932, facsimile jacket; [Ibid.]The choice. 1931; [Ibid.]The rasp. 1924, presentation copy inscribed by the author, facsimile jacket; [Ibid.]The crime conductor. 1931. First American edition; these all first editions except where stated; and six others; Mason, A.E.W. The house in Lordship Lane. 1946, dust-jacket; [Ibid] The house of the arrow. [1924], facsimile jacket; [Ibid.]The prisoner in the Opal. [1928], facsimile jacket; [Ibid.]At the Villa Rose. 1910, facsimile jacket; [Ibid.] The wouldn't be chessmen. 1935, dust-jacket; first editions, and five others; original cloth bindings; 8vo (22) .

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Maugham, W. Somerset of human bondage. London: William Heinemann, 1915. First English edition, presentation copy inscribed b

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Lot 298

Maugham, W. Somerset of human bondage. London: William Heinemann, 1915. First English edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author ("For | Arthur William Lissauer | W. Somerset Maugham | 21.8.38.") on half-title, 16pp. of publisher's catalogue at end, original green-blue cloth lettered and with author's symbol in gilt, collector's folder and slipcase, some browning to endpapers, hinges split, binding bumped, newspaper clipping tipped-in and loosely inserted Provenance: Arthur Wilmer Lissauer, booklabel; Mildred Potter Lissauer, bookplate. Note: Stott A21(b).

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Milne, A.A. Now we are six. London, 1927. First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, original red cloth gilt, wrapper chipped at edges

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Lot 299

Milne, A.A. Now we are six. London, 1927. First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, original red cloth gilt, wrapper chipped at edges, spine faded, pencil mark to rear, head of red cloth spine faded; [Ibid.] The house at Pooh corner. London, 1928. First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, original pink cloth gilt, wrapper chipped at edges with some text loss to title on spine, head of cloth spine faded, some browning to endpapers; [Ibid.] When we were very young. London, 1924. Fourth edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, original blue cloth gilt, wrapper chipped at edges, some text loss to title on spine; [Ibid.] Winnie the Pooh. London, 1926. Second edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, lacking dustwrapper, previous ink inscription on half title (4) .

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Orkney Islands--Brown George Mackay Four poets for St. Magnus. Orkney: Breckness Press, 1987. First edition, 4to, limited to

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Lot 302

Orkney Islands--Brown George Mackay Four poets for St. Magnus. Orkney: Breckness Press, 1987. First edition, 4to, limited to 100 copies, one of 85 for sale, signed by George Mackay Brown, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes and Christopher Fry, original quarter vellum, slipcase .

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Orwell, George Nineteen eighty-four, a novel. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth with

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Lot 303

Orwell, George Nineteen eighty-four, a novel. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth with red lettering, original green dustwrapper, badly torn, with sections of loss to head and tail, tape repairs, corners of boards bumped, previous owner's pencil inscription to endpaper .

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Poe, Edgar Allan The purloined Letter [in] The gift. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. First printing of Poe's celebrated

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Lot 305

Poe, Edgar Allan The purloined Letter [in] The gift. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. First printing of Poe's celebrated story, additional engraved title and frontispiece, illustrations, original red cloth gilt, g.e, very slight occasional browning, wear to edges of binding, cloth torn at head and base of the spine; Conrad, Joseph. The secret agent. London: Methuen, 1907. First edition, original red cloth, spine gilt, foxing to fore-edge; [Clemens, Samuel Langhorne] ("Mark Twain"). The stolen white elephant. Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1882. First American edition, advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth, edges of binding worn, upper joint slightly torn, spine stained; Stevenson, R.L.& L. Osbourne. The wrecker. Cassell & Company, 1892. First edition, illustrated by W. Hole and W.L. Metcalf, original blue cloth, some wear to binding, spine darkened; [Ibid.] The wrong box. Longmans, Green, and co., 1889. First edition, publisher's advertisements at end, issue with contents printed in large type above decorative rule, original red cloth, lettered in black on upper cover, in gilt on spine; Stevenson, Robert Louis and Fanny van de Grift Stevenson. More new Arabian nights. The dynamiter. Longmans, Green, and co., 1885. First edition, original cloth lettered in black, spine creased; 8vo (6) .

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Sassoon, Siegfried The old huntsman and other poems. London, 1917. First edition, 8vo, original boards, lacking dustwrapper,

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Sassoon, Siegfried The old huntsman and other poems. London, 1917. First edition, 8vo, original boards, lacking dustwrapper, hinges cracking previous owner's ink inscription on endpaper; Synge, John Poems and translations. Dublin, 1912. 8vo, original vellum backed boards, some foxing; Betjeman, John A few late chrysanthemums. London, 1954. 8vo, original purple cloth, yellow dustwrapper, previous owner's ink inscription on dustwrapper; Chesterton, G.K. The wild knight and other poems. London, 1900. 8vo, original vellum backed boards, faded; [Ibid.] The ballard of St. Barbara. London, 1922. First edition, 8vo, original decorative cloth backed boards; Beerbohm, Max And even now. London, 1920. 8vo, original cloth, faded; Shaw, George Bernard The adventures of the black girl in her search for God. London, 1932. First edition, 8vo, illustrated by John Farleigh, original decorative boards, previous owner's ink inscription on front endpaper; James, Henry The tragic muse. London, 1891. 8vo, original cloth, faded; [Ibid.] English hours. London, 1905. 8vo, original cloth gilt; and 27 others, all 8vo, cloth, mainly Henry James (36) .

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Spyri, Johanna Heidi's lehr - und wanderjahre; Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat. Gotha: Friedrich Andreas Berthes. 18

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Lot 317

Spyri, Johanna Heidi's lehr - und wanderjahre; Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat. Gotha: Friedrich Andreas Berthes. 1880-1881. First editions, 8vo, 2 volumes, original bindings, the first volume in purple/brown cloth blocked in black and lettered in gilt, the second in ?second issue binding of pictorial boards, rebacked preserving original backstrip, joints and edges rubbed of the first volume, some slight soiling, remains of tape marks front endpaper of first volumes, preliminary signature reinserted of the first volume Note: Johanna Spyri's famous books are rare in the first edition. It would appear that only three complete sets have been sold at auction in the past thirty years: in the Manney sale in New York in 1991, a set bound together in Munich in 1982 and this present set in these rooms in November 1998. Copies of the first volume only were sold in the Bradley Martin sale in 1990 and in Germany in 1995. The second volume would presumably have been issued in a similar cloth but it appears to have been issued simultaneously as volume five in a series by Perthes titled "Geschichte für Kinder . von Jonanna Spyri" and this present copy is the binding for this series.

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Thomas, Dylan 18 Poems. London: The Sunday Referee and The Parton Bookshop, 1954. First edition of the author's first book,

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Lot 327

Thomas, Dylan 18 Poems. London: The Sunday Referee and The Parton Bookshop, 1954. First edition of the author's first book, first issue of 250 copies with a flat spine, 8vo, original black cloth lettered in gilt on spine, dust- jacket, occasional minor browning, dust-jacket reinforced with tape and splitting at upper joint, some soiling and tears with some loss to head of spine Note: Rolph B1(a).

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Tolkien, J.R.R. A Middle English vocabulary. Oxford, 1922. First edition of the author’s first book, later impression, 8vo,

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Lot 328

Tolkien, J.R.R. A Middle English vocabulary. Oxford, 1922. First edition of the author’s first book, later impression, 8vo, (‘Printed in England’ printed from type on title-page), advertisements at rear (‘Middle English’), printed wrappers (upper wrapper with 184 ornaments rather than the standard 186 ornaments recorded by Hammond), [Hammond A1], upper wrapper and all before leaf 1* detached, school bookplate on reverse of upper wrapper, worn with loss to spine; [Ibid.] Sir Gawain & the green knight. Oxford,1925, First edition, 2 plates (with tissue guards), errata slip, no advertisements following text, original green cloth lettered and with design in gilt, dust- jacket, [Hammond B7a], minor spotting to edges, dust-jacket slightly soiled on spine; [Ibid.] The Silmarillion. London, 1977. First edition (Hammond’s “export copies”), original blue cloth lettered and with design in gilt, dust- jacket, [Hammond A15(a)], ink stamp to front free end-paper; [Ibid.] The Hobbit. London,1987. Fiftieth anniversary edition, original green cloth lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, [Hammond A3(y)] (4) .

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Twentieth century American detective fiction: Futrelle, Jacques. The thinking machine. 1907; [Ibid.]The thinking machine on

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Lot 330

Twentieth century American detective fiction: Futrelle, Jacques. The thinking machine. 1907; [Ibid.]The thinking machine on the case. 1908; Post, Melville Davisson. Uncle Abner master of mysteries. 1918, facsimile dust-jacket; Butler, Ellis Parker. Philo Gubb correspondence school detective. 1918; Le Blanc, Maurice. The eight strokes of the clock. 1922; Adams, Samuel Hopkins. Average Jones. 1911; Eberhart, Mignon. The cases of Susan Dare. 1934, facsimile dust-jacket; Gaboriau, Emile. File No. 113. 1903; [Ibid.] The widow Lerouge. 1903; [Ibid.]Monsieur Lecocq. 1903; [Ibid.]The mystery of Orcival, 1903; [Ibid.] Davis, Richard Harding. In the Fog. 1901; Lewis, Alfred Henry. Confessions of a detective. 1906; Fearing, Kenneth. The big clock. 1946, dust-jacket; Talbot, Hake. Rim of the pit. 1944, dust-jacket; Rogers, Joel Townsley. The red right hand. 1945, dust-jacket; these all first American editions; Fearing, Kenneth. The big clock. 1947. First English edition, dust-jacket; and four others, original cloth bindings, 8vo (21) .

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Van Dine, S.S. The garden murder case. 1935; [Ibid] The kidnap murder case. 1936; [Ibid.] The casino murder case. 1934; [Ibi

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Lot 331

Van Dine, S.S. The garden murder case. 1935; [Ibid] The kidnap murder case. 1936; [Ibid.] The casino murder case. 1934; [Ibid] The Greene murder case. 1928; [Ibid.]The bishop murder case. 1929; [Ibid.] The benson murder case. 1926; [Ibid] The canary murder case. 1927; [Ibid.]The scarab murder case. 1930; [Ibid.]The dragon murder case. 1933; [Ibid.] The kennel murder case. 1933; these all New York: Scribner's, first editions, original cloth bindings, dust-jackets, jackets occasionally slightly torn or creased; together with the first English edition of The benson murder case; 8vo (11) .

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Victorian Poetry - Browning, R. Men and women. London, 1855. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, two pages of advertisements at e

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Lot 332

Victorian Poetry - Browning, R. Men and women. London, 1855. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, two pages of advertisements at end of volume 2, original olive-green cloth (Carter's variant A), covers stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt, collector's morocco-backed slipcase, [Wise 9; Wise A Browning Library pp.21-22; Carter Binding Variants p.98], very occasional minor marginal staining or spotting, small tears and nicks to edges of four leaves in volume 1, corners and head and foot of spines rubbed, spines faded, hinges of volume 2 weak; Coleridge, S.T. Sibylline leaves: a collection of poems. London, 1817. First edition, 8vo, with leaf of errata, original paper-backed blue boards, a few pencil annotations to the text, manuscript poem in ink on front endpaper with signature at head "Robert Martin", [Wise 45], rebacked preserving most of the original spine, wear to edges, some staining and discolouration of the boards; Tennyson, A. The princess; A medley. London, 1847. First edition, 12mo, nineteenth -century crushed morocco gilt, original cloth bound in; [Ibid.] Maud, and other poems. London, 1855. First edition, 12mo, original cloth; another copy, first edition, nineteenth-century morocco gilt; [Ibid.] Demeter and other poems. London, 1889. First edition, 12mo, nineteenth-century crushed morocco gilt, bookplate of Joan Whitney, upper joint rubbed (7) .

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Waugh, Evelyn Black mischief. London, 1932. First edition, 8vo, number 137 of 250 copies signed by the author, illustrations

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Lot 334

Waugh, Evelyn Black mischief. London, 1932. First edition, 8vo, number 137 of 250 copies signed by the author, illustrations by the author, original purple cloth lettered in gilt on spine with design on upper cover, top edge gilt, light spotting and browning, ownership signature, spine faded, marker ribbon detached, upper joint splitting; [Ibid.] Brideshead revisited. Boston, 1945. First American edition, 8vo, original red cloth lettered in black, dust-jacket, adhesive to front free end-paper, soiled dust-jacket slightly browned and frayed at extremities with minor loss; [Ibid.] The loved one. London, [1948]. First English trade edition, 8vo, illustrations by Stuart Boyle, original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine, dust-jacket, dust-jacket slightly frayed at head of spine (3) .

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Waugh, Evelyn Brideshead revisited. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. First American edition, 8vo, one of 600 copies,

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Waugh, Evelyn Brideshead revisited. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. First American edition, 8vo, one of 600 copies, original green cloth lettered in gilt, dustwrapper, dustwrapper slightly soiled .

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Wood, Mrs Henry Anne Hereford, a novel. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1868. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, half-title in each vo

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Lot 337

Wood, Mrs Henry Anne Hereford, a novel. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1868. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, half-title in each volume, advertisement leaf at end of volume 3, original violet cloth, the covers decorated in blind, spines decorated and lettered in gilt, collector's morocco-backed folding box, occasional light spotting, some wear to extremities, hinges weak, spines and edges of covers faded (3) Note: Sadleir 3326 and p.383. In Sadleir's list of "Comparative Scarcities", this title appears before East Lynne as one of the most rare of Mrs Wood's novels.

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Woolf, Virginia Monday or Tuesday. London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1921. First edition, 8vo, 4 woodcu

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Lot 338

Woolf, Virginia Monday or Tuesday. London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1921. First edition, 8vo, 4 woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, 1p. of publisher's advertisements at end, original brown cloth-backed boards with design on upper cover by Vanessa Bell, some offsetting, binding worn, chipped at extremities, tears to head of spine Note: Kirkpatrick A5(a). Kirkpatrick notes that the first edition comprised 1000 copies.

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Woolf, Virginia Three guineas. London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. First edition, 8vo, original lemon-yellow cloth lettered in

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Lot 340

Woolf, Virginia Three guineas. London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. First edition, 8vo, original lemon-yellow cloth lettered in gilt on spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell, [Kirkpatrick A23(a)], some browning to endpapers, slight browning to dust-jacket with occasional short tears; Woolf, Leonard Stories of the east. London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1921. First edition, 8vo, original buff paper wrappers printed in red, [Woolmer 16], removed bookplate, slight creases to wrappers; Woolf, Virginia Nurse Lugton’s golden thimble. London: The Hogarth Press, 1966. First separate edition, illustrations by Duncan Grant, original boards lettered in gilt, [Kirkpatrick A38] (3) .

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Gauthiez, P. Les artistes celebres: Prudhon. Paris, [c.1870]. 4to, half morocco; Mortemart de Boisse, baron Voyage dans les

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Lot 389

Gauthiez, P. Les artistes celebres: Prudhon. Paris, [c.1870]. 4to, half morocco; Mortemart de Boisse, baron Voyage dans les landes de Gascogne. Paris: 1841. Second edition, 8vo, folding map, frontispiece, original wrappers, soiled; Bojer, Wenceslas Hortus Mauritianus. Mauritius: D'Aimé Mamarot, 1837. First edition, 8vo, inscribed "from the author" at head of title, original wrappers, pp. 179-182 loose and frayed, wrappers frayed with loss of bottom corner of upper wrapper (3) .

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Skene, William F. The highlanders of Scotland. London: J. Murray, 1837. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf gilt, spine gilt with arms of William L MacBrayne at foot, t.e.g., others uncut, bookplates of W.L. MacBrayne; Gray, Robert The birds of the west of Scotland. Glasgow: T. Murray, 1871. First edition, 8vo, 15 plates, green half morocco, t.e.g., plates lightly spotted; Portraits of eminent Scotsmen. 8vo, 44 engraved plates, no text, contemporary half calf gilt; Blackie, J.S. The language and literature of the Scottish highlands. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1876. 8vo, green half morocco, spine faded (5) .

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Somervile, William The chace [Hobbinol]. London: W. Boywer, 1773. 12mo, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, rubbed; Horsem

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Lot 399

Somervile, William The chace [Hobbinol]. London: W. Boywer, 1773. 12mo, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, rubbed; Horseman, J. Poems and sonnets. Cambridge: University Press, 1845. 8vo, original cloth; Browning, Robert Pippa passes. London: Duckworth, 1898. First edition, 4to, illustrations by L.L. Brooke, original cloth; and 13 others (16) .

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Verdi, Giuseppe Les Vêpres siciliennes, Gd Opéra en 5 actes, [vocal score]. Paris, Léon Escudier, 1855. First edition, large

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Verdi, Giuseppe Les Vêpres siciliennes, Gd Opéra en 5 actes, [vocal score]. Paris, Léon Escudier, 1855. First edition, large 4to (c.33.5 x 25.5cms), 415 pages, elaborate lithographed title, engraved music, plate no. L.E. 1500 ('Ballet': L.E. 1501), priced at 30f., London bookseller's label, early blue boards, blue-gilt label to spine, occasional light browning, rather rubbed but a good copy Note: Hopkinson 56A (a); Chusid, p.170. This is a large and imposing score of Verdi's first grande opéra composed for Paris. It appeared a few weeks after the premiere at the Opéra on 13 June 1855, and may have been prepared during the rehearsals. Some separate numbers were advertised in June 1855 (perhaps reflected in the plate numbers and dual paginations), but no copies are traced by Hopkinson.

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Wilde, Oscar A house of pomegranates. London: J.O. McIlvaine, 1891. First edition, 4to, [one of 1,000 copies], 4 plates by C

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Lot 404

Wilde, Oscar A house of pomegranates. London: J.O. McIlvaine, 1891. First edition, 4to, [one of 1,000 copies], 4 plates by C.H. Shannon [slightly faded as usual], cover design and illustrations by Charles Ricketts, original cloth, darkened and slightly chipped; Austen, Jane. Letters, edited by Lord Brabourne. London: 1884. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth; Synge, J.M. Two plays. Dublin, 1911. 8vo, original cloth; Wells, H.G. Tono-Bungay. London: 1909. First edition, 8vo, original cloth; Haggard, H.R. Rural Denmark and its lessons. London: 1911. 8vo, original cloth; Wilkins, M.E. Madelon. London, 1896. 8vo, original cloth, slightly rubbed; Galt, J. The autobiography. 1833. 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, original cloth, covers loose; Mackay, R. History of the house and clan of Mackay. Edinburgh, 1829. 4to, original boards, uncut, spine worn, upper cover detached; [Education] Minutes of the committee of council on education. London: 1846. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, volume 1 joint split; [Naval] The post-captain. London: T. Tegg, 1815. 12mo, frontispiece, half morocco (15) .

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Willughby, Francis and John Ray The ornithology. London: John Martyn, 1678. First edition in English. Folio, title page prin

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Lot 422

Willughby, Francis and John Ray The ornithology. London: John Martyn, 1678. First edition in English. Folio, title page printed in red & black, 80 engraved plates including 2 plates on the art of fowling, half dark green morocco with marbled boards, gilt bird motif in compartments, one plate with tear neatly repaired, tiny wormhole to a few plates and to lower margin of A1-4, QQ4 rather crudely repaired but without any loss, a few light spots Note: Wing W2879; Nissen 991.

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Bible in Gaelic - Bedel, William (trans.) Leabhuir na Seintiomna. The books of the old testament. London, 1685. 4to, transla

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Lot 423

Bible in Gaelic - Bedel, William (trans.) Leabhuir na Seintiomna. The books of the old testament. London, 1685. 4to, translated by William Bedel, [2] title 1152 [2], contemporary guide to Irish letters pasted to reverse of title, contemporary calf gilt, hinges splitting, sections of backstrip worn or lost, interior clean Note: Darlow & Moule 5534. This is a copy of the first translation of the Old Testament into Gaelic by William Bedel. William Bedel (1571 -1642), a native of Essex, became Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh in 1629. At the Church of Ireland Synod of 1634 he proposed a translation of the Old Testament into Irish to complement Uilleam Ó Domhnaill's translation of the New Testament, which had appeared in 1602. He employed Muircheartach Ó Cionga and an assistant, Séamus Ó Nógla to make a translation based on the King James Bible. Bedel, a considerable Irish scholar himself, reviewed and corrected their translation with reference to other versions of the Bible. The translation was completed by 1640 but before it could be published a rebelion broke out. The hardships that Bedel suffered during the rebellion contributed to his death on 7 February 1641. The manuscript of the translation was rescued by Bedel's friend Donnchadh Sioradáin who gave it to Archbishop Narcissus Marsh. Archbishop Marsh, with the aid of the Jesuits, Andrew Sall and Paul Higgins, revised the translation and brought it to a state ready for publication. Its publication, in an edition of around 500 copies, and the typeface used to print it were financed by Robert Boyle. (Cahill, Hugh Other languages of the British Isles, 2004).

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Mill, J.S. On liberty. London: J.W. Parker, 1859. First edition, 8vo, 8pp. advertisements at end, original blindstamped clot

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Lot 427

Mill, J.S. On liberty. London: J.W. Parker, 1859. First edition, 8vo, 8pp. advertisements at end, original blindstamped cloth, spine faded, very minor rubbing to head of spine .

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Ribadeneira, Pedro de Vita del P. Ignatio Loiola. nuovamente tradutta della Spagnuola nell'Itlaiana da Giovanni Giolito. Ven

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Lot 429

Ribadeneira, Pedro de Vita del P. Ignatio Loiola. nuovamente tradutta della Spagnuola nell'Itlaiana da Giovanni Giolito. Venice: I. Gioliti, 1586. First Italian edition, 8vo, title within woodcut border, woodcut portrait, woodcut device on colophon leaf, contemporary vellum, some light spotting .

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Boyle, Robert Experiments, notes &c about hte mechanical origine or production of divers particular qualities. London: E. Fl

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Lot 444

Boyle, Robert Experiments, notes &c about hte mechanical origine or production of divers particular qualities. London: E. Flesher for R. Davis, 1676. First edition, second issue, 8vo, 11 parts in one volume, 11 parts in one volume, 8vo (17 x 10.6cm.), contemporary calf, blind double-fillet border, blind-stamped corner fleurons, modern lettering-piece, lacking blank B8 in part one, binding rubbed, upper hinge cracking Note: The collection is important becasue of the tracts on Magnetism and Electritcity. his tract is the first work on Electricity in the English language. the tracts on Taste and Smell are the first monographs in the history of physiological literature to be devoted to these special senses". Fulton: Bibliography of Robert Boyle. Wing B3977; Fulton 124; Madan 3098; Norman 303. Provenance: John Stratford, inscription on flyleaf dated 13 August 1681 at Balliol College.

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Clare, Martin The motion of fluids, natural and artifical; in particular that of air and water. London: printed for Edward S

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Lot 445

Clare, Martin The motion of fluids, natural and artifical; in particular that of air and water. London: printed for Edward Symon, 1735. First edition, 8vo, 9 engraved plates, contemporary panelled calf , some rubbing at edges, 20th century ink inscription on front free endpaper .

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Doolittle, Thomas Earthquakes explained. London: for John Salusbury, 1693. First edition, 8vo, [14] 141 [3], contemporary ca

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Lot 446

Doolittle, Thomas Earthquakes explained. London: for John Salusbury, 1693. First edition, 8vo, [14] 141 [3], contemporary calf, rebacked, small ink stain to pages 14-15 Note: Wing D1883.

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Engineering - Stevenson, David Life of Robert Stevenson. Edinburgh, 1878. 4to, presentation inscription from author on half

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Lot 447

Engineering - Stevenson, David Life of Robert Stevenson. Edinburgh, 1878. 4to, presentation inscription from author on half title, portrait frontispiece, 12 plates, last leaf repaired, modern half calf gilt, original cloth bound in at rear, some browning to page edges; Westhofen, Wilhelm The Forth Bridge. Edinburgh, 1989. Centenary edition, 4to, number 168 of 2500 copies, quarter blue morocco gilt, slipcase, a fine copy; Stevenson, R.L. Records of a family of engineers. London, 1912. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; [Ibid.] Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin. London, 1912. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, library stamps; Gibb, Sir Alexander The story of Telford. London, 1935. 8vo, illustrated, original cloth; Devereux, Roy John Loudon McAdam, chapters in the history of highways. London, 1936. 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth gilt, previous owner's inscription on endpaper; Williamson, C.N. & A.M. The lightning conductor, the strange adventures of a motor-car. London, 1905. Eleventh edition, 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth, cocked; Fidler, T. Claxton A practical treatise on bridge-construction. London, 1901. Third edition, 8vo, original cloth, rubbed, inner hinges splitting; Stevenson, Dr. Alan The world's lighthouses before 1820. London, 1959. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, a fine copy; and 41 others (including 5 on aviation) (50) .

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Climbing - Abraham, Ashley P. Rock-climbing in Skye. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1908. First edition, 8vo, 30 photographi

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Lot 452

Climbing - Abraham, Ashley P. Rock-climbing in Skye. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1908. First edition, 8vo, 30 photographic plates, folding map in pocket at rear, original blue cloth gilt, some light foxing [mainly to page edges]; Evans, Charles Eye on Everest. London, 1955. 4to, original blue cloth, dustwrapper; Shipton, Eric The Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition 1951. London, 1953. 4to, original cloth dustwrapper; and 7 others including three editions of The Times supplement relating to the Everest expeditions (10) .

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Daniel, William Barker Rural sports. London: Bunny & Gold, 1801-02. First edition, 4to, 2 volumes, 63 engraved plates, conte

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Lot 453

Daniel, William Barker Rural sports. London: Bunny & Gold, 1801-02. First edition, 4to, 2 volumes, 63 engraved plates, contemporary calf, worn at edges, section lacking from foot of backstrip of volume I, some light foxing; Bewick, Thomas A history of British birds. Newcastle, 1797-1805. 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary diced calf gilt, backstrips loose, inner hinges strengthened, interior very clean and bright (4) .

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Fishing - Ronalds, Alfred The fly-fisher's entomology. Illustrated by coloured representations of the natural and artificial

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Lot 454

Fishing - Ronalds, Alfred The fly-fisher's entomology. Illustrated by coloured representations of the natural and artificial insect. London: Longman, Rees, Orme &c., 1836. First edition, 8vo, half-title, 19 hand-coloured engraved plates, publisher's blindstamped brown cloth, occasional light spotting, hinges cracking; [Davy, Sir Humphrey] Salmonia: or days of fly fishing. London, 1832. Third edition, 12mo, 9 plates, presentation copy from Lady Davy to the Marchioness of Breadalbane, later green morocco gilt, rubbed at edges; Calderwood, W.L. The life of the salmon. London, 1907. 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, stained and another copy; Strutt, Joseph The sports and pastimes of the people of England. London, 1876. 4to, illustrated, contemporary cloth gilt, some foxing; Carnegie, William How to trap and snare. London, [no date]. 8vo, original green cloth gilt; and 12 others (18) Note: Westwood & Satchell, p.178.

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Hunting - Cuming, E.D. Squire Osbaldeston, his autobiography. London, 1926. First edition, 4to, 16 colour plates, original b

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Lot 457

Hunting - Cuming, E.D. Squire Osbaldeston, his autobiography. London, 1926. First edition, 4to, 16 colour plates, original buff cloth, bookplate; Beckford, Peter Thoughts on hunting. London, [1911]. 4to, 25 tipped in colour plates, original red cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip; Ross, Martin & E. Somerville A Patrick's day hunt. Westminster, [c.1900]. Second impression, oblong folio, 8 colour plates, original decorative boards, some tearing to hinges, rubbed at edges, light foxing; Armour, G. Denholm Hunts with Jorrocks. London, 1908. Second edition, 8vo, 25 tipped in colour plates, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded, torn at head of backstrip, ink inscription on half title; Houghland, Mason Gone away. Virginia, 1933. 8vo, presentation copy from the author to Mary Ausley, illustrated by Oliver Whitmore, original suede covered boards, some small stains to boards; Nimrod Hunting reminiscences. London, 1926. 8vo, colour plates, original green cloth gilt, faded; and 17 others on hunting(23)

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Sporting - Dunbar-Brunton, J. Big game hunting in central Africa. London: A. Melrose, 1912. First edition, 8vo, presentation

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Lot 459

Sporting - Dunbar-Brunton, J. Big game hunting in central Africa. London: A. Melrose, 1912. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy from the author's mother to Mr William J. Stuart, photogravure frontispiece, folding map, plates, original maroon cloth gilt, t.e.g., upper corner of lower cover bumped; Dahl, Knut The age and growth of salmon and trout in Norway as shown by their scales. London, [c.1900's]. 8vo, translated by Ian Baillie, contemporary red cloth gilt, original red wrappers bound in, ink inscription on title; Hartman, Robert About fishing. London, 1935. 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, faded, extensive pencil notes throughout; Tombleson, Peter & Thorndike, Jack The second angling times book. London, 1962. 8vo, plates, original green cloth gilt; Lonsdale Trout fishing from all angles. London, 1929. 8vo, frontispiece, original beige cloth gilt, some fading; Skues, G.E.M. Nymph fishing for chalk stream trout. London, 1939. 8vo, frontispiece, original brown cloth, dustwrapper [tape repaired], pencil notes, blue chalk mark to title; Walsingham, Lord Hit and miss, a book of shooting memories. London, 1927. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original green cloth gilt, faded, bookplate; Rickman, Philip A bird-painter's sketch book. London, 1931. 4to, 11 colour plates, 23 mono plates, original beige cloth, paper label on upper board, boards water stained; and 13 others (20) .

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Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri A voyage to the island of Mauritius, (or isle of France) The isle of Bourbon, the C

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Lot 461

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri A voyage to the island of Mauritius, (or isle of France) The isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good Hope. London: Printed for W. Griffin, 1775. First edition in English, 8vo, translated by John Parish, late 19th century calf gilt, rubbed, rebacked, replacement endpapers .

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Bickmore, Albert S. Travels in the East Indian archipelago. London: John Murray, 1868. First edition, 2 folding maps and 32

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Lot 462

Bickmore, Albert S. Travels in the East Indian archipelago. London: John Murray, 1868. First edition, 2 folding maps and 32 plates, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, spine slightly faded; White, W.G. The sea gypsies of Malaya. London: Seeley, 1922. plates, original cloth, "Colonial Office Library" blindstamp on upper cover, head and tail of spine slightly rubbed; Allen, W. and T.R.H. Thomson A narrative of the expedition sent by Her Majesty's government to the River Niger in 1841. 1848. First edition, 2 volumes, 18 (of 20) plates, 2 folding maps, modern calf-backed boards; Brassey, I. Sunshine and storm in the East. 1880, 2 folding maps, 8 plates, illustrations, red morocco-backed boards, all 8vo; and 5 others, travel (12) .

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Bruce, James Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. Edinburgh: G.G

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Lot 463

Bruce, James Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. Edinburgh: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. First edition, 4 [of 5] volumes only, 4to, engraved title-vignettes, 3 engraved battle plans, 47 engraved plates, 3 folding maps, contemporary calf, badly worn, hinges splitting, interiors clean Provenance: Bookplate of Heytesbury House.

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Burnaby, Captain Fred On horseback through Asia Minor. London: Sampson Low, et al., 1877. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, por

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Lot 464

Burnaby, Captain Fred On horseback through Asia Minor. London: Sampson Low, et al., 1877. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, three folding maps, original decorative green cloth gilt, small hole in spine of volume I; Whymper, Edward Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. London, 1892. 8vo, folding map in pocket at rear, original green cloth gilt, boards faded; Doughty, Marion Afoot through the Kashmir valleys. London, 1901. 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt (4) .

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Burton, Richard F.Falconry in the valley of the Indus. London: John van Voorst, 1852. First edition, 12mo, 4 tinted lithogra

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Lot 465

Burton, Richard F.Falconry in the valley of the Indus. London: John van Voorst, 1852. First edition, 12mo, 4 tinted lithograph plates, original blind stamped cloth gilt, heavily rubbed, some chipping to head and tail of backstrip, frontispiece loose, lower outer corner of B8 torn away [no text loss], contemporary ink inscriptions in English and Arabic in front endpapers with sketches of birds .

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Burton, Sir Richard Francis Abeokuta and the Cameroons Mountains. An exploration. London, 1863. First edition, 8vo, 2 volume

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Lot 466

Burton, Sir Richard Francis Abeokuta and the Cameroons Mountains. An exploration. London, 1863. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece of Burton, 4 plates, folding map, 2pp. of advertisements at end of volume 2, original green cloth gilt, some postting to portrait, one plate detached, volume 1 upper hinge splitting, volume 2 rubbing to top of upper board; [Ibid.] Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah. London, 1857. Second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes bound in one, illustrations, original cloth; Burton, Isabella The life of Captain Sir Richd. F. Burton. London, 1893. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrations, original cloth; Burton, R.F. translator. Il Pentamerone; Or, the tale of tales. London, 1893. First edition, 8vo, one of 165 large paper copies, this example ex series, 2 volumes, original buckram; Burton, R.F. and Leonard Smithers, translators. The carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. London, 1899. First edition, 8vo, one of 1054 copies, frontispiece, original vellum-backed boards; Hayman, John, editor. Sir Richard Burton’s travels in Arabia and Africa: Four lectures from a Huntingdon Library manuscript. San Marino, California, 1990. First edition, 8vo, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket (9) .

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Ceylon--Selkirk, James Recollections of Ceylon, after a residence of nearly thirteen years. London: J. Hatchard, 1844. First

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Lot 468

Ceylon--Selkirk, James Recollections of Ceylon, after a residence of nearly thirteen years. London: J. Hatchard, 1844. First edition, 8vo, lithographed map and 9 plates, 4 coloured, original blue cloth, spine gilt, spine slightly faded .

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Edinburgh & Glasgow - Marwick, Sir James Glasgow. The water supply of the city from the earliest period of record. Glasgow,

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Lot 478

Edinburgh & Glasgow - Marwick, Sir James Glasgow. The water supply of the city from the earliest period of record. Glasgow, 1901. 8vo, two folding maps, autograph letter from publisher to author pasted onto front endpaper regarding presentation of this copy, contemporary padded morocco gilt, marble endpapers, a.e.g., upper joint split, interior clean; Arnot, Hugo The history of Edinburgh from the earliest accounts to the year 1780. Edinburgh, 1816. 8vo, modern half calf, title page and first few leaves repaired, some staining; Railways Edinburgh and Glasgow railway acts 1838 to 1847. Glasgow, 1838-47. 4to, 14 acts bound together, manuscript contents, contemporary half calf gilt, rubberd at edges; Watson, James Jedburgh Abbey. Edinburgh, 1877. 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth gilt; Chambers, Robert Traditions of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, [No date]. New edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Youngson, A.J. The making of classical Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1966. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper; Abercrombie, P. & Plumstead, D. A civic survey and plan of the city & royal burgh of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1949. 4to, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper; and 26 others (33) .

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Ireland - Inglis, Henry D. A journey thoughout Ireland during the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 1834. London, 1834. First edi

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Lot 492

Ireland - Inglis, Henry D. A journey thoughout Ireland during the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 1834. London, 1834. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, 2 folding maps, late 19th century half calf gilt, both volumes lacking sections from head of backstrips, some foxing, map in volume 1 torn [no loss], contemporary ink inscripitions on titles; Wilson, William The post chaise companion: or travellers directory through Ireland. Dublin, 1803. Third edition, 8vo, frontispiece, folding map, 3 plates [2 folding], original boards, lacking most of backstrip, hinges splitting, some light foxing; Atkinson, A. Ireland in the nineteenth century. London, 1833. 8vo, contemporary boards, inner hinges loose, page vii loose; and 10 others of Irish interest (14) .

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Lear, Edward Journals of a landscape painter in Albania & Illyria. London: Richard Bentley, 1851. First edition, 8vo, fronti

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Lot 495

Lear, Edward Journals of a landscape painter in Albania & Illyria. London: Richard Bentley, 1851. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece map, 20 tinted lithograph plates, original blindstamped blue cloth gilt, some slight bumping to head and tail of spine and corners, some slight spotting to margins of plates otherwise interior very clean and bright, bookplate Note: Abbey Travel 45. Provenance: Bookplate of Tarradale House, 1960. Tarradale House is situated in Ross-shire, Scotland. Home to the Murchison family from the late 18th century onwards, it was later passed onto the Murchison of Tarradale Trust, and subsequently the University of Aberdeen, as a place of study for Highland scholars. The house passed into private ownership again in the late 20th century.

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Macgillivray, John Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake. during the years 1846-1850. Including discoveries and surv

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Lot 498

Macgillivray, John Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake. during the years 1846-1850. Including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade archipelago. London: T. & W. Boone, 1852. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map, 13 lithographed and engraved plates, illustrations, two advertisement slips bound in, 12pp. & 8pp. advertisements at end, original blindstamped cloth, a few plates lightly spotted, small library blindstamp on title, bookplate, giltstamp on upper cover and number on spine, horizontal tear (without loss) to head of spine volume 1 .

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Middle East--Cowper, H.S. Through Turkish Arabia. A journey from the Mediterranean to Bombay by the Euphrates and Tigris val

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Lot 500

Middle East--Cowper, H.S. Through Turkish Arabia. A journey from the Mediterranean to Bombay by the Euphrates and Tigris valleys and the Persian Gulf. London: W.H. Allen, 1894. First edition, 8vo, double-page frontispiece and 2 maps, one folding, original cloth gilt .

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Norden, Frederic Louis Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie. Copenhagen: l'Imprimerie de la maison royale des orphelins, 1755. First

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Lot 503

Norden, Frederic Louis Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie. Copenhagen: l'Imprimerie de la maison royale des orphelins, 1755. First edition, 2 volumes, folio (455 x 310mm.), engraved portrait, allegorical frontispiece, 157 engraved plates (numbered 1-159), a few folding, engraved head-pieces and initials, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, head and tail of spines slightly rubbed Note: A good copy of the first edition, one of the great 18th -century Egypt books. "This important work was the earliest attempt at an elaborate description of Egypt, and its plates are the most significant previous to those of Denon" (Blackmer). Handsomely printed on large, heavy paper and elaborately engraved. Provenance: "J.L.H.", initials at foot of spines.

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Richardson, Sir John Arctic searching expedition: a journal of a boat-voyage through Rupert's land and the Arctic Sea, in se

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Lot 509

Richardson, Sir John Arctic searching expedition: a journal of a boat-voyage through Rupert's land and the Arctic Sea, in search of the discovery ships under command of Sir John Franklin. London: Longmans [&c.], 1851. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding engraved map, 10 coloured lithographs, illustrations, original brown cloth, light spotting to some plates, small blindstamp on titles, bookplates, small giltstamp on upper cover, number on spines, spines worn or split at joint Note: An account of the Rae-Richardson expedition of 1847-8, which journeyed down the Mackenzie River and searched eastwards by boat along the Arctic shore as far as the mouth of the Coppermine River. Provenance: J. Atkinson, 1852, inscription; The Cruising Association.

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Ross, Sir James Clark A voyage of discovery and research in the southern and Antarctic regions during the years 1839-43. Lon

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Lot 511

Ross, Sir James Clark A voyage of discovery and research in the southern and Antarctic regions during the years 1839-43. London: John Murray, 1847. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 8 tinted lithographed plates (1 folding), 8 maps, charts and plans (several folding), illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt, small blindstamp on titles, bookplates, gilt stamp on upper cover and number on spine, head and tail of spines worn, horizontal tear to one spine .

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Russia--Krusenstern, Adam John de Memoir of the celebrated Admiral John de Krusenstern, the first Russian Circumnavigator, t

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Lot 514

Russia--Krusenstern, Adam John de Memoir of the celebrated Admiral John de Krusenstern, the first Russian Circumnavigator, translated from the German, by his daughter Madame Charlotte Bernhardi, and edited by Rear Admiral Sir John Ross. London: Longmans, Green [&c.], 1856. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy to Capt. Scobell, engraved frontispiece, half-title, original cloth, small blindstamp on title, bookplate, gilt stamp on cover, shelf number at foot of spine, spine very slightly rubbed Provenance: Captain George Treweeke Scobell, M.P. for Bath, the first person to raise publicly the idea of the Victoria Cross in a defined format in his address to the House of Commons in 1854. Inscription and bookplate. The Cruising Assocation.

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